[Diacondylar V osteotomy of the femur]

V-shaped osteotomy is an excellent means to correct axis deviations in the frontal and sagittal plane. As diacondylar V-osteotomy, it is a technically very simple procedure because of the anatomic conditions found in the distal end of the femur, and it offers all of the positive biologic effects of an osteotomy carried out near to the joint. Thanks to the large spongious contact surfaces of the fragments, the diacondylar V-osteotomy heals very quickly under full loading within the walking plaster applied to the thigh. This intervention which is not very stressful for patients may be applied for axis corrections in the distal femur end from the moment of closing of the distal epiphyseal cartilage of the femur until high age of the patients.